“I don’t even like the phrase ‘opportunity to sin’ because it implies the opportunity to obey.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Most of them don’t mind too much the idea of a God existing somewhere, just so long as He’s indulgent.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“That sense of entitlement is precisely where we want them because the right to happiness is directly opposed to one of The… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Gratitude, not guilt, as motivation is always His starting point, thus guilt as a motivation leads nowhere.” — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“The Bible is the one book we’ve most succeeded in having them never read as a book. Keep it that way.” — Geoffrey Wood Bible Copy Share Image
“It seems The Adversary needs neither their guilt nor their request, but simply their return. In other words, since repentance is the… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“If we blind them to The Adversary —decrease their desire for The Desire— while at the same time encourage them to do… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happy hour, the long weekend, the all-inclusive island resort, the sunny beach vacation. Happiness is somewhere… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Properly understood, Imagination and Prayer are directly proportional —the more they pray beyond their bounds, they expand their vision beyond their resources,… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“If we can keep the Christians thinking of themselves as sinners not sons and daughters, we can make them view their relationship… — Geoffrey Wood Children Copy Share Image
“But here I’d like to add to what the Tempter’s Manual suggests. Depression, at its finest, is not a Future that they… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
Still, despite all our noise, this universe hinges on a melody, that’s the dismal truth of it. Oh, we can propagandize all… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“The Americans’ great wealth (and their great love for it) makes it precisely the appropriate metaphor. Supply and Demand as a principle… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“There is a mathematics to all his relationships, underlying each and every one. He wants it to all add up in his… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Courtesy, not control, that was His means. Just as He requested the stars to sing and they leapt into bright being, so… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“But as I say, if you look to the state of their souls you’ll find the situation nowhere near as grave as… — Geoffrey Wood Adversary Copy Share Image
“They think virtues are man-made, only exist because they exist, but if no human had ever existed, The Virtues would persist for… — Geoffrey Wood Character Copy Share Image
“Though I despise it, I do not doubt His Love for the creatures. I have seen it —His ever-reaching outward for any… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“Turning an experience about to observe it, results in a lessening of the experience directly proportional to the amount of observation. To… — Geoffrey Wood Addiction Copy Share Image
“I say “illusion” of choice because, in many cases, the nature of their choices hardly reaches the level of will, but of… — Geoffrey Wood Choice Copy Share Image
“Teach them the shame that tells the lie, “I am unforgivable,” when the truth is, “I feel unforgivable, but it was out… — Geoffrey Wood Bird Copy Share Image
“First of all, don’t ever let them try to define that word “happiness” for themselves. They can’t and that’s precisely what we… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“They prefer a God of an altogether softer flavor. Nothing too extreme. Complaisance, not magnanimity. They do not think upon the “God… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“And I’m glad to see that all three clients are male. Not that the females can’t be corrupted, I’ve just always found… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“And so, wish becomes pang; the crave, an ache; pleasure, pain. Losing all its pleasure, anticipation cuts the opposite direction and becomes… — Geoffrey Wood Addiction Copy Share Image
“And keep them thinking in terms of 'being good' as this is not an end so much as a means to something… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“I shouldn’t need to remind you that it was words that created the universe and The Word that now holds it together.… — Geoffrey Wood Book Copy Share Image
“Even if their guilt actually does produce a good action, it will be the saddest good action you’ll ever see, and it… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“When sex was something godlike, Lust was the profane curiosity that killed many a straying cat. Now, having removed mystery, Lust is… — Geoffrey Wood Appetite Copy Share Image
“Also, always encourage 'being good' over 'doing good.' Acts of goodness are the difficulty for us and should, of course, be avoided.… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“True Prayer is the work of relationship, where He moves them from mere information about Him to a one-on-one experience with Him,… — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
“With Truth, Reason, and Morality off the board, we then capture their last Rook —that prissy little virtue, Temperance— for she depends… — Geoffrey Wood Character Copy Share Image
“As a rule, Americans are big on that word “choice” and some souls can be captured simply by dangling before the creature… — Geoffrey Wood Americans Copy Share Image
“The Adversary, of course, simply wants them to lay down their sins, guilt and all, and follow Him. But this type holds… — Geoffrey Wood Adversary Copy Share Image
